Memphis film director Craig Brewer continues raising the profile of today’s local film and music with his new MTV internet television series $5 Ticket — which features midtown’s independent music scene. Brewer’s 2005 feature film Hustle & Flow won an Academy Award for Best Original Song by local group 3 Six Mafia, the first rap song to ever win an Academy Award, which then went on to win a Grammy.
Conceived, written and directed by Brewer, $5 Cover is a series of internet television “webisodes” — each highlighting Memphis music venues and the musicians who play them. The production — to premiere on the internet in late 2008 or early 2009 — will showcase the talents of the all-Memphis crew and all-Memphis cast and musicians.
The project continues Brewer’s love affair with all genres of Memphis music — from highlighting a local cellist in his first feature film, The Poor & The Hungry, to using local talent to score his post-Hustle feature, Black Snake Moan.
$5 Cover is hiring numerous local production trainees made available to them through the Memphis & Shelby County Film Training Program, funded by City/County Government. The program is coordinated by The Memphis & Shelby County Film and Television Commission. The production will receive up to 50% refunds of the trainees’ wages from this program in exchange for on-the-job training of residents of Memphis or Shelby County. Click here to read more about this program.
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